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Fazlullah’s aide among 2 held in Mansehra

Fazlullah’s aide among 2 held in Mansehra

MANSEHRA: Battagrampolice on Monday arrested two militants linked with MaulanaFazlullah-led SwatTaliban group and seized a cache of arms and ammunition along with maps and other documents. BattagramDPOGhulamHussain told a news conference here that MohammadIqbal alias QariBasit and IjazulHaq were arrested in Ghagbori area when they were shifting weapons and explosives from Battagram to Torghar.

He said the arms and ammunition, including an antiaircraftgun, threerifles, sevenKalashnikovs, 12pistols, 22handgrenades, 42detonators, suicidejackets and 115kghigh–qualityexplosive, was buried outside a mosque.

The DPO said QariBasit was the in charge of the SwatTaliban militant group for Hazara and Shangla and that he masterminded suicideattack on MNAAmirMuqam in Battagram and the bombing of a police convoy in Torghar that left 12policemen dead.

He said during preliminary investigation, Qari Basit had revealed that he and his brother had shifted Tehrik–i–TalibanSwat chief MaulanaFazlullah to Afghanistan after he was injured in an army attack and that he was holed up in Afghan province of Kunar coordinating militant activities on both sides of the border.

MrGhulamHussain said QariBasit and his accomplices had planned attacks on police headquarters in Torghar and army headquarters in Kabulgramarea of Swat on the orders of MaulanaFazlullah.

He said one of QariBasit’s brothers was MaulanaFazlullah’s bodyguard.

Later, police produced the arrested militants before reporters blindfolded. The reporters were also showed arms and ammunition.

Also in the day, 17 members of a family, including four women and three children, were injured after their vehicle hit a roadside wall due to brake failure near Balakot.

The vehicle was bound for Charsadda from Naran.

Locals shifted the injured to the CivilHospital in Balakot from where they were referred to KingAbdullah Teaching Hospital in Mansehra.